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The mayor authorized the killing, saying the geese and their droppings posed a health risk to his residents, but the move upset a lot of people.

"That park is nothing more right now than a petri dish for disease," said Lammlein.

Lammlein repeated what he's being saying all along, that Wilborn Park is a dangerous place.

"It is full of geese droppings? OK? Those geese are wild animals and they do carry diseases," said Lammlein.

To fix the problem, Lammlein enlisted the help of four armed men, and on the morning of July 22, those men opened fire in the park.

"Our community woke up to the sound of gunfire," said LaGrange resident Connie Moore.

Moore lives right next to the park. She's upset because Lammlein never notified her or her neighbors about his plan.

"Mayor, you allowed unknown men armed with weapons to come into our community without contacting the residents," said Moore.

"Why were the neighbors not warned? If the neighbors would have been warned we would not have been able to do it because there would have been people in the park picketing us for shooting the geese and I certainly understand that," said Lammlein.

Lammlein said the decision was difficult but necessary.

"It was not a party, it was a solemn event," said Lammlein.

But Joseph Irwins wasn't buying it, and got in a heated exchange with Lammlein.

"I don't want to hear this hard decisions stuff. You don't know what a hard decision is," said Irwins.

"Yes I do. I had to make one today. I had to make a terrible decision. You don't know about me, you don't know me. I've never met you in my entire life so don't stand up there and tell me about hard decisions, sir," said Lammlein.

Lammlein apologized for upsetting people and wants to see the park cleaned up.

"What is the future of this park? Because right now it is not fit for human use," said Lammlein.

Several residents spoke in favor of the mayor's actions Monday night, saying they are glad he moved ahead without notifying the public.

Lammlein also set up a committee that would look into how the city can handle the goose problem going forward.